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Shelley's Monster Nears the End of Treatment by Ann DeVilbiss
“I am risen, new form pieced and sewn.” Ann DeVilbiss uses gothic body horror to become both monster & maker in her poem, “Shelley’s Monster Nears the End of Treatment.” Read the poem. -
The 2024 Chapbook Series is now available!
CDSOB’s first print chapbook series has arrived! Check out new collections from Juliet Cook, Christine Kanownik, Jonathan Minton, and Michael Sikkema! View the books. -
Friday Feature
Mini-reviews of horror movies, books, albums, and other cultural artifacts dropping every Friday.
Recent Work
Glass Globe Triptych
by Natasha N. Deonarain
Glass globe horror dioramas in water, snow & sand. Natasha Deonarain hands us 3 concise, meticulously detailed prose poem nightmares that defy us to look away.
Published February 3, 2025
They Only Play Minor Chords in Hell
by Matt Shadbolt
Bounce through a portal with us. What could go wrong?
Published January 27, 2024
Through the Window
by Ashna Yakoob
Today we bring you hardboiled demonology with Ashna Yakoob’s story, “Through the Window.”
Published January 22, 2025
Two Poems
by Nathan Hauke
Feral kids & multiple paths, flipping rocks & finch chatter, Xmas lights under snow. Today we feature poems by Nathan Hauke, who shows us where the music’s buried.
Published January 13, 2025
Nosferatu the Vampyre
by J †Johnson
Next up for Vamp Week is something we found behind a hidden panel in the dustiest, least colorful dining room you’ve ever seen. Dinner’s on you! Today we present a digital chapbook, J †Johnson’s Nosferatu the Vampyre. 🕸️⛫🧛🏼♂️†
Published January 9, 2025
Suppertime
by Payton McCarty-Simas
Dinner’s ready! And we’re serving it cold with this wicked dish from Payton McCarty-Simas.
Published January 6, 2025
The Last Straw
by Jude Deluca
They found a way to make Santa creepier & put this new abomination under the nightmare fluorescence of Y2K, swarmed by hoards of ravenous shoppers. Fortunately we have Jude Deluca to help sort our feelings about Mr. & Mrs. Scarecrow Claus in this week’s feature story, “The Last Straw.”
Published December 23, 2024
Three Poems
by C.M. Dreibelbis
Plants & animals are acting more than a little sinister & multiple choice haunting doesn’t make us feel any less weird about it. But we don’t mind feeling weird. Today we feature poems by C.M. Dreibelbis.
Published December 18, 2024